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    actually, I enjoy research papers and launching weather balloons, and doing calculus, and physics... my response was not to belittle anyone, my response was to the statement in bold...I feel military service is something that makes you stand out, over and above the ability to complete a research paper or launch a weather balloon
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    i'm just amazed that there are people out there who feel this way... first off, not in my lifetime...or many lifetimes yet to come, will there ever be any services or "perks" that could ever come close to compensating those who have served and sacrificed in the military... 2nd, this benefit is only for govt jobs...and Vets have worked for/served the govt... i'm sorry, but someone who has veterans status sure stands out in my book, over someone who spent their life in academia where their biggest worry was some research paper, or launching a weather balloon
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    it has been that way for all govt jobs, for a long time...this is nothing new...two applicants, with equal schooling, and equal experience, pitted sided by side...the one who is a Vet will get the job... what i'm trying to dispel is the myth that the govt hands jobs to Vets without taking into consideration whether or not the Vet has the necessary qualifications...that is false besides, any person who signs their life over to the govt for a certain amount of years, should have extra preference when it comes to govt jobs...
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    this is a possibilty... but, i don't know the first thing about forecasting...getting my masters isn't going to teach me the operational forecasting meat and potatoes you get through undergrad...which is what i'm interested in... i have thought about going into the Air Force
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    I'm also a bit touchy on the Vet subject...being a Vet, and underemployed...well, I might as well face it...when i was employed, i was underemployed, except my job ended last friday...so now i'm just unemployed... first off, in govt jobs, you don't block people just by being a Vet...you have to have the schooling and the experience for the job you are applying for...Vets just don't get handed jobs...if Nick and I both apply for the same NWS job...and we are the only two applicants...he's going to get the job because he has his degree and he has been working as a Met...my Vet status won't count for crap... so for those of you who had thought otherwise, you are wrong and you need not post anymore on this subject...
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    well, i have been keeping an eye on this topic...truthfully, this thread brings up one of my biggest concerns since i'm thinking about putting in the effort and money to finish up my met degree...is it worth it? what happens if i take out more loans (i already have a BS ) and put in the time to go back to school, but then can't find crap for work? or not end up doing anything with my degree? (that would make two degrees i'm not doing anything with) i wrestle with that reality, a lot...
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    thanks MTBLANC! gorgeous as always!!! you live in a special place!!! and you are a hearty soul...i could summer there...but i think the winter would surely kick my butt!!!
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    i love it! this made me smile and LOL!!!
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    how do you dress when you go outside? how do you keep your house warm??? i can't even imagine these temperatures...
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    When i was a freshmen at Lyndon State College back in the late 1990's...i experienced cold approaching this magnitude...during a flipping fire alarm at about 2-3am...i did not like it...at all!!! I don't know how y'all in AK survive!!! you have bigger cojones than i do, that's for sure!!!
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    happy birthday!

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    clover farming?

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    this one was epic!!! school was canceled m-w!
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    just wondering if any of you are being or will be affected by former TC's Sonca and Roke?
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    is it cold in Cold Bay, yet? :)

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    yep...there are my two comments...submitted only moments apart...i'm a bright light bulb...anyway, i changed my profile pic- it's a monsoon storm on the horizon taken from Cathedral Gorge State Park in NV

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    Happy 30th Birthday!

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    'tis the season...i saw a few pages back that you are losing about 5mins of daylight, each day...here, in the lower 48, latitude 42N- last night the sunset for the final time after 7pm...until next March...sunset tonight was 6:58pm...
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    it's even warm enough for them to dance sans clothes...
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    really? places like this actually exist? i think i have fallen in love!!! thank you for sharing
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    i got bored so i figured i'd stop by and visit? How's NE these days? I have a secret crush on NE...i need to visit the sandhills and kayak the Niobrara

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    was watching college football...got bored so i figured i'd wander over and leave you a comment...how's NE? it's a secret favorite state of mine...i need to visit the sandhills, and i want to kayak the Niobrara :)

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    just checking in...crossing my fingers that a gulf spin-up brings you some rain!

    :)

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    aww thanks, that means a lot from a tropic*nt to an icep*ssie :)

    <3 <3 <3

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    Marine?

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